James Dean Quotes
You try to be yourself, do only what you've always done and like to do, and right away, you're tagged as an oddball.
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When I was 11, I realised that I did not have to live the life my mother had: school, marriage, children, apartment, summer house.
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I think being idle is quite hard for me to do.
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My father was a lawyer.
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No, but it's not because I'm getting older that I'm trying to accelerate. But something very curious is happening: The older I get, the more ideas I'm getting.
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It scares me to think that one day I'm not going to be in school anymore.
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An actor has to embody a role.
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I love lamb shank. It's my favorite thing. You don't have it in America. It's a younger meat - it just falls off the bone - it's kind of like a roast. I really like blackened cod too.
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I want to make the music that's not there anymore. I'm so passionate about the singing voice... What I'm trying to do actually with my album is show that it's my voice that's leading. It's my voice that's the instrument.
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I'll never totally get away from being who I am, which first, to many, is the daughter of Nat King Cole, which became even more intensified with the 'Unforgettable' album.
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Note to self: Never ride a motorcycle in stilettos and a miniskirt.
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My problem was my inability to spend much time at home. I thought my family was secure, so I went running around everyplace else. I guess I had more of an effect on other people's kids than I did my own.
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Maurice was a silly man. Maurice liked being silly.
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I'm a terrific mimic, and you can feel my funny bone.
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Well, I'm an independent person.
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I was young and felt like it was opportunity 'cause they were moving units back then on the underground scene.
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My ultimate is Peter Sellers - his ability to go broad and somehow humanize that and be hilarious at the same time. He was just relatable, real at the same time as insane. I find Ricky Gervais absolutely hilarious. Steve Martin is another hero of mine - he's a genius.
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It is not the crook in modern business that we fear, but the honest man who doesn't know what he is doing.
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Obviously, that off-the-ice battle I went through, plus injuries I came back from, I always felt the fans are really knowledgeable there and respected and appreciated guys that gave whatever they had and guys that fought through things.
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There's a great appetite for smart television. Every day I get up and there are interesting stories I want to do.
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It's hard to say that it gets any better to be at your alma mater and run a major college football program.
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To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward or fear of any punishment in this world or the next. Work so done is a means to the end, and God is the end.
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When I go to Atlanta, I'm famous. I can get on a flight, anything. Because they're watching every show, and if you're black, you famous.
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I found more joy in sorrow than you could find in joy.
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You try to be yourself, do only what you've always done and like to do, and right away, you're tagged as an oddball.
